Growing Concerns: Make a gardening wish list for the new year

London Free Press
As gardeners we spend a lot of time thinking about our garden and dreaming about what is to come.
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Growing Concerns: Short, dark days have role in plant life

London Free Press
On the winter solstice, Dec. 21, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, London will get seven hours and 40 minutes of daylight.
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Growing concerns: Bird feeders, seed make good gift

London Free Press
We spend so much time in the summer encouraging the birds to visit our garden and eat as many of the pest as they can, but now it is time for us to give back.
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Growing Concerns: Waxed amaryllis an easy blooming holiday gift

London Free Press
With the holidays just around the corner, here are a few gift ideas that you can give or treat yourself.
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Growing Concerns: What’s under holiday decor is important

London Free Press
When it comes to holiday decorating, regardless of the colour combination, style or theme you chose, what is underneath all the colour is important.
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‘The Bug Man’ loved insect tees. They’re now being sold to help good causes

London Free Press
When world-renowned London scientist and teacher Jeremy McNeil died in July, he left more than 600 bug t-shirts.
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One year in, signs of promise and progress at London’s ‘House of Hope’

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Statistics from the first year suggest that highly supportive housing changes the lives of even the most troubled people living on London's streets and make the streets themselves safer for everyone.
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Growing Concerns: Not too late to plant bulbs, and they are on sale

London Free Press
This warm weather means we still can plant spring bulbs.
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Growing Concerns: Some thoughts on dethatching your lawn

London Free Press
Some days, I wonder how I could love something so much and my body hate it just as much.
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Growing Concerns: Time to dust off gardening tools

London Free Press
The weather has finally started to work in our favour so now it is time to dust off our gardening tools and start in the garden.
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Growing Concerns: Blooming tulips and daffodils a sure sign of spring

London Free Press
Spring has finally arrived and so many plants are starting to emerge.
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Growing Concerns: Spring cold snaps can test a gardener's patience

London Free Press
Forsythia are one of the first shrubs to bloom in spring.
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